Daisy Repository view throws exception when renewing document list

When refreshing the document list from a daisy repository using the repository plugin for eclipse the console reports the following exception:

org.w3c.dom.DOMException: HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: An attempt was made to insert a node where it is not permitted.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.insertBefore(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.NodeImpl.appendChild(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.forrest.repository.daisy.RepositoryInterface.SearchRepository(RepositoryInterface.java:50)
at org.apache.forrest.repository.ui.views.RepositoryView$5.run(RepositoryView.java:202)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:996)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:538)